Glazed hollow sheet-metal tableware.



Patented Sept. 5, I899.

E. B. MANNING.

GLAZED HOLLOW SHEET METAL TABLEWARE.

(Application filed Nov. 17, 1898.1

(No Model.)

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ED\VARD B. MANNING, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR. TO THE MANNING BOWMAN & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GLAZED HOLLOW SHEET-METAL TABLEWARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,657, dated September 5, 1899.

Application filed November 17, 1898. Serial No. 696,666. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. MANNING, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Glazed Hollow Sheet-Metal Tableware; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a view in elevation of a coffee-pot produced in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional View thereof with the ring lifted above the upper edge of the body portion of the pot and the cover lifted above the ring; Fig. 3, an enlarged broken view in vertical section, showing the formation of the upper edge of the body of the pot to facilitate the attachment of the ring to it.

My invention relates to an improvement in glazed or enameled hollow sheet-metal tableware, the object being to produce at a comparatively low cost for manufacture articles presenting not only a fine and artistic appearance and durable in use, but entirely overcoming all objection on the score of health.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a hollow article of tableware comprising a body produced from a single thickness of sheet metal and interiorly glazed, and also having independently-formed trimmings applied to such body and including a ring secured by its lower edge to the upper edge thereof, the exterior of the body being surfaced to permit it to be provided with a metalfinish corresponding to the exterior metal-finish of the ring.

It will be understood, of course, that my invention is applicable to the manufacture of such common and well-known articles of tableware as coifee-pots,teapots,chocolate-pots,

articles vary more or less in form according to convenience and the dictates of fashion; but under my invention all are constructed in substantially the same way. For the illustration of my invention'I have shown a coffeepot of ordinary form; but of course I do not formed trimmings.

limit myself to makingcoifee-pots or coffee pots of any particular form.

In carrying out my invention in making such a coffee-pot I first produce from a single thickness of sheet metaltpreferably sheetsteel or sheet-iron) the body-A of the pot. This body is then provided upon its interior surface with a cont-in uous coatingB of enamel or glaze, which is vitrified so as to be as smooth and imperviousas glass. The exterior sur face of the said body is then polished preparatory to trimming and finishing. The polishing of the exterior surfaces of the body not only prepares the same for plating, but also secures better surfaces for the attachment of the trimmings. Having produced such a body I then apply to it independently- These will, of course, vary according to the character of the article, but will always include a ring 0, which is secured by its lower edge directly to the upper edge of the body, which for this purpose is preferably turned inward to form the horizontal annular flange a, which constitutes a wide seat, so to speak, for the lower edge of the ring. To this ring the cover D is hinged. After the ring has been applied to the body the exterior surfaces of the ring and body are finally finished, so that the final finish may be uniform over both parts. The cover D is hinged to the ring in any approved manner. Of course if the article is a bowl instead of some sort of a pot the cover will not be hinged to the ring, but merely set thereinto, or it may be dispensed with altogether, as in the case of a slop-bowl or spoon-holder. When the article is a pot, its trimmings will also include a handle E and aspout F. The ring 0 provides an elegant and effective finish for the body as well as a convenient attachment for the cover, and being interposed between the cover and the body protects the enamel just within the upper edge of the body, for the flange D of the cover shuts within the ring and does not come in contact with the enamel, which if it did might be chipped or crazed. As shown, the body A has a false bottom F spun over it; but I do not claim this as either new or necessary, but I shall preferably employ it with tea and coffee pots. My improved articles of hollow ware may be made at a comparatively low cost and in a great variety of elegant and attractive forms and they are not only durable in use, but, what is of vastly more importance, they are safe in use inasmuch as their glazed exterior surfaces absolutely will not contaminate anything put in them, while copper vessels, whether lined with tin or otherwise, are a' constant menace to health, for copper is, so to speak, so active a metal that it is in many ways unsafe to be employed for cooking utensils, even when lined with tin, as the tin is Very liable to wear and expose portions of the metal, the film of tin over the copper being very thin.

In view of the modifications suggested and of the various forms which my improvement may take, I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is shownand described, but hold myself at liberty to make such alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

' I may describe my improvement as an improvement on the invention shown and described in United States Patent No. 81,186 granted to me August 18, 1868, for an improved tea and colfee pot, which was formed with a hard metal or iron body interiorly glazed and exteriorly unglazed and inclosed in an envelop of soft metal to which the trimticle.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a glazed hollow article of tableware having a sheetmetal body produced froma single thickness of sheet metal, acoating of glazing or enamel covering the interiorsurface of the said body, the exterior surface of which is polished for being trimmed and plated, independently formed trimmings applied to the said body and including a ring secured by its lower edge to the upper edge thereof, and a coating or envelop of plating applied to the polished exterior surface of the body and to the said trimmings after the latter have been secured in place, so as to give auniform finish to the article.

In testimony whereof I have signed this ED \VARD B. MANNING.

Vitnesses:

GEO. R. DIMOCK, \V. E. GRAHAM. 

